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  2. Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    The Carnegie Boys: The Lieutenants of Andrew Carnegie that Changed America (McFarland, 2012) online. VanSlyck, Abigail A. (1991). "'The Utmost Amount of Effective Accommodation': Andrew Carnegie and the Reform of the American Library." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 50(4): 359–383. ISSN 0037-9808. Zimmerman, Jonathan.

  3. Carnegie Corporation of New York - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (1904) Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) (1905) Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) (1910) After Carnegie died in 1919, the trustees elected a full-time salaried president as the trust's chief executive officer and ex officio trustee. For a time the corporation's gifts ...

  4. History of public library advocacy - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Carnegie (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and major supporter of public libraries. Benefactors also played a large role in advocating for public libraries by providing money for construction. Andrew Carnegie began his legacy in 1881 by presenting his workers in Pittsburgh with a library ...

  5. Philanthropy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American way was for the self-made millionaires to become self-made philanthropists, a model that was perfected in the next generation by Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and John D Rockefeller (1839–1937). They agreed with Peabody that riches produced a duty to give most of it back to the community through specialized permanent foundations.

  6. Carnegie library - Wikipedia

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    A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems.

  7. Funding Act of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    The Funding Act of 1790, the full title of which is An Act making provision for the [payment of the] Debt of the United States, was passed on August 4, 1790, by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1790, to address the issue of funding (debt service, repayment, and retirement) of the domestic debt incurred by the state governments, first as Thirteen Colonies, then as states ...

  8. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a dispute over the British Parliament's right to enact domestic legislation for the American colonies. The British government's position was that Parliament's authority was unlimited, while the American position was that colonial legislatures were coequal with Parliament and outside of its jurisdiction.

  9. The Gospel of Wealth - Wikipedia

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    "Wealth", [2] more commonly known as "The Gospel of Wealth", [3] is an essay written by Andrew Carnegie in June [4] of 1889 [5] that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. The article was published in the North American Review, an opinion magazine for America's